A large, imposing man who forms part of the Balamb Garden Disciplinary Committee. Raijin claims that he and Fujin are part of Seifer's "posse," and his only real friends. Despite Raijin's rough outward appearance, he isn't a bad guy, and even though he often finds himself opposing Squall and his squad, he doesn't harbor any ill will against them.

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Raijin appears as a boss in select FF VIII stages and is a playable character who could be initially recruited during the Challenge EventCutting Winds, Soaring Lightning as a First Time Reward for completing the event's Galbadia Garden stage on Classic difficulty.

Assessment

Raijin is a Disciplinary Committee, whose combat role is Physical Attack.

Stats

Level

HP

Attack

Defense

Magic

Resistance

Mind

Accuracy

Evasion

Speed

1

220

11

9

7

8

8

20

20

82

RankMax: 5

5

5

3

1

1

2

3

3

1

Record Spheres

Record Sphere

S.Lv 1

S.Lv 2

S.Lv 3

S.Lv 4

S.Lv 5

Monk

+1 DEF

+1 ATK

+1 ATK

+2 ATK

+3% Monk Ability Damage

Warrior

+1 ATK

+70 HP

+1 DEF

+2 ATK

+2 ATK

Ranger

+1 DEF

+1 ATK

+100 HP

+1 DEF

+2 ATK

MasterRequires mastery of Monk's Record Sphere.

+3 DEF

+4 ATK

+200 HP

+5 ATK

+6% Monk Ability Damage

BerserkerRequries mastery of Monk and Warrior's Record Spheres.

+3 ATK

+3 ATK

+4 ATK

+6 ATK

+3% Hammer Damage

VikingRequires mastery of Warrior and Ranger's Record Spheres.

+2 DEF

+3 DEF

+4 ATK

+200 HP

Use 4★ Celerity Abilities

Lifebane

User 6★ Monk Abilities

Lifebane

+3% Monk Ability Damage

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Abilities

Raijin can use Combat abilities up to rarity rank 5, Support abilities up to rarity rank 3, Celerity abilities up to rarity rank 3, and Monk abilities up to rarity rank 5.

His default Soul Break is Hi-Potion (VIII), which at the expense of one Soul Gauge segment restores a moderate amount of HP to one ally.

Raijin makes an appearance in Kingdom Hearts II, along with Seifer, Fujin and Vivi Ornitier from Final Fantasy IX. The four make up "Twilight Town Disciplinary Committee", and are antagonistic towards Roxas and later Sora, although once he saves them from the Nobodies they show more respect towards him. He is referred to as "Rai". He still keeps his speech patterns, saying "ya know" after every sentence.

In the Japanese version Raijin is voiced by Kazuya Nakai. He is voiced by Brandon Adams in the English version.

He appears in the remake, Kingdom Hearts Union χ[Cross], on several medals.